Yard Design & Layout Tips

Whether you choose to install a scarecrow to protect your plants from pesky critters, or just want to decorate your yard (or porch) for autumn, building a scarecrow is easy with a few simple supplies.

These low-maintenance groundcovers grow thickly and spread quickly to choke out weeds.

What's involved with taking out a patio of pavers and replacing it with concrete? Here's our project which shows the steps.

If you have flower beds or borders in a lawn, you know how the grass at the edges can become ragged and unsightly over time. This guide shows you step by step how to edge beds in a way which allows easy maintenance in the future.

What possesses otherwise sane and balanced people to fill their gardens with gnomes, black jockeys, and plastic flamingos?

Making a beautiful garden can be very costly, but read on to find a crafty way to make your own rustic field stone planters for just a few dollars or pennies and save a fortune.

You don’t need to have a backyard the size of the one at Versailles Palace to create a French garden. The same balance and eye appeal are easy to achieve, even on a limited budget.

Step-by-step process of creating a backyard labyrinth near my garden beds as a walking meditation.

A How-to guide for avoiding garden problems in the future by planning in advance. Suggestions on making wise choices for your landscape design.

Backyard projects like terracing can be intimidating but if you take it step by step, you can save money by doing it yourself.

A microclimate is a good thing to know about if you plan to put a plant in the garden and have it live well.

Well-planned landscapes have an overall "look" to them that can be classified as a style. This article introduces native styles from around the world that are considered exotic in other locales.

Here is how I removed a tough layer of grass and weed lawn and converted our muddy clay soil to a nice, fluffy garden plot for planting. All without power tools, just my own labor and sturdy tools.

A presentation of different solutions to hillside erosion and approaches to landscape in these areas with a focus on plants that sustain wildlife.

In this hub, I teach you how to make your own latex mold for garden ornaments. It is fairly simple to do and does not require any fancy equipment.

Do you have an unsightly bare spot under your bird feeders? Most of us do, but there are options for making that area as pretty as the rest of your yard. Discover my 8 easy solutions for transforming the space under birdfeeders.